Shoulder-protector.



PATENTED SEPT. 27, 1904.

H. GLOVER.

SHOULDER PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9.1904.

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N0 MODEL No. 771,007. PATENTED SEPT; 27, 1904.

H. GLOVBR.

SHOULDER PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9.1904.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented September 27, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HERSCHEL GLOVER, OF TOLEDO, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THEODORE J. LYMAN, OF TOLEDO, MISSOURI.

SHOULDER-PROTECTOR."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 771,007, dated September 27, 1904,

Application filed June 9,1904. Serial No. 211,787 (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERSCHEL GLovER, a citizen of the United States, residing at T- ledo, in the county of Oallaway, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoulder-Protectors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

This invention relates to shoulder-protectors; and it has for its object to provide an article that may be worn upon the shoulders to protect them when carrying a weight, the object of the invention being, further, to provide a protector which will be particularly useful for soldiers and sportsmen to receive directly the weight of a gun and prevent it from making the shoulder sore.

Other objects and advantages of the inven-' tion will be understood from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the protector. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the protector. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken longitudinally through the protector. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the plates. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the main sections or pads.

Referring now to the drawings, the present article or protector comprises two base-sections 5 and 6, which may be of cloth or lather or other suitable soft material and which are disposed end to end, the extreme portions of the mutually adjacent end edges of the sections being connected by lacings 7 and 8. The middle portions of the end edges of the sections 5 and 6 are hollowed out, as shown at 9 and 10, so as to fit around the sides of the neck of the wearer, and the inner end portions of the sections 5 and 6 are broadened, as illustrated, so that they may be bent down against the front and back of the body of the wearer. The outer ends of the sections 5 and 6 are hollowed out, as shown at 11 and 12, so that when said sections are bent transversely to fit them over the wearer these curved or hollowed end portions will correspond to the shoulder-seams of a coat. Upon the sections 5 and 6 are secured plates 13 and 14, respectively, which are bent transversely tofit down over the shoulders of the wearer and which are curved also longitudinally, so that they may follow the outline of the shoulders and base of the neck of the wearer, the plates 13 and 14 terminating at their inner ends at the edges of the. hollowed-out portions 9 and 10. At the outer ends of the plates 13 and 14 are the ribs 15 and 16, which extend transversely of the plate. To hold the protector upon the shoulders, buckles 17 and 18 are secured to the outer ends of the sections 5 and 6, respectively, for engagement by tab-straps upon the shoulders of a garment worn beneath the protector, and at the front and back edges of the members 5 and 6 are looped straps 19 and 20, respectively, which are designed to receive a belt through their loops,such a belt being illustrated at 21.

In the use of the protector it is secured upon the shoulders outside of the coat or other garment, and in carrying a gun it is permitted to rest upon either of the plates 13 and 14, the ribs 15 and 16 preventing the gun from slipping off from the outer end of the corresponding plate, as it will be understood.

In practice modifications of the specific construction shown may be made, and any suitable materials and proportions may be used for the various ,arts without departing from thespirit of the invention.

What is claimed is 1. A shoulder protector comprising two pad-sections fitted to lie upon the shoulders of a person and having the central portion of their mutually-adjacent end edges hollowed out, lacings connecting the mutually-adjacent edges of the sections at opposite sides of the hollowed portions, securing means carried by the sections, and plates secured upon the sections and having upwardly-directed transverse ribs at their outer ends.

2. A shoulder-protector comprising two pad-sections removably connected end to end and the outer ends of the plates having upand having the central portions of their muwardly-directed. transverse ribs. 1 tually-connected end edges hollowed out, buc- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in kles at the ends of said sections, looped straps presence of two witnesses.

5 at the sides of said sections, a belt engaged in HERSCHEL GLOVER.

the loops of the straps, and plates disposed Witnesses: longitudinally of said sections, the inner end L. C. MOORE,

portions of the plates being curved upwardly I. D. KEMP. 

